29 athletes and 6 coaches will represent Turkmenistan at the 5th World Nomad Games, which will start on September 8 in Astana, Kazakhstan. This was reported by the publication «Turkmenistan: Golden Age» with reference to the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports.
The World Nomad Games are the largest international competitions in ethnic sports, including national games of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. This year, about 4 thousand athletes from 100 countries will take part in the games, who will compete for 97 sets of medals in 21 sports, including horse racing, national wrestling, archery and traditional intellectual games.
The opening ceremony will be held on September 8 at the Astana Arena stadium, and the closing ceremony will take place on September 13 at the Kazanat Central Hippodrome. The games are aimed at developing the ethnosports and ethnocultural movement and have already been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
